A LITTLE LEXICON OF TANGO


ARRABAL: Outskirts, suburb

BARRIO: Neighbourhood or district

COMPADRE: A person living in the suburb, haughty, proud and brave

COMPADRITO: Typical character of the suburb, a bully and a braggart

CONVENTILLO: Edifice with multiple rooms and no basic comfort where the immigrants of different origins live: workers, failed craftsmen...

FUEYE: the Bandoneon

GUAPO: Nickname for a man who practises the cult of courage

LUNFARDO: Slang of Buenos Aires

MILONGA: Popular music of the pampa and the Rio del Plata

PORTENIO: Term for the residents of Buenos Aires (port)